John 5:7

John 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
• New International Version (NIV)“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

Context of John 5:7

5But there was a certain man there who had been suffering under his infirmity thirty and eight years. 6Jesus seeing this [man] lying [there], and knowing that he was [in that state] now a great length of time, says to him, Wouldest thou become well? The infirm [man] answered him, Sir, I have not a man, in order, when the water has been troubled, to cast me into the pool; but while I am coming another descends before me. 8Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy couch and walk. 9And immediately the man became well, and took up his couch and walked: and on that day was sabbath.

John 5:7 word by word

ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν· κύριε, ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν· ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ, ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει.Read the interlinear

• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• Sirκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• orderἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• troubledταράσσωtarassō · to troubleG5015
• castβάλλωballō · to throw: throwG906
• poolκολυμβήθραkolumbēthra · poolG2861
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• descendsκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597

Cross-references for John 5:7

• Deuteronomy 32:36For Jehovah will judge his people, And shall repent in favour of his servants; When he seeth that power is gone, And there is none shut up or left.
• Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
• Psalms 142:4Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
• Romans 5:6for we being still without strength, in [the] due time Christ has died for [the] ungodly.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened [to us] in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond [our] power, so as to despair even of living.
• John 5:4For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under.]
• 1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.

Commentaries on John 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Sir, I have no man - , - "Yes, sir; but I have no man:" - this is the reading of C*GH, fourteen others, both the Syriac, later Persic, Arabic, and Chrysostom. Reader, be thankful to God for health and outward comforts. When long affliction has been allied to deep poverty, how deplorable is the state!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Sir, I have no man … - The answer of the man implied that he did wish it, but, in addition to all his other trials, he had no “friend” to aid him. This is an additional circumstance that heightened his affliction.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40This chapter is structured like a courtroom case (a legal trial). It begins with a description of the event that led to the conflict (5:1–15). This is followed by the decision of the Jewish leaders to take action against Jesus (5:16). Next comes a statement of the charges against him (5:18). The chapter then presents the defense given by Jesus, where he explains his authority and his relationship with the Father (5:17, 19–40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95-9. thirty and eight years--but not all that time at the pool. This was probably the most pitiable of all the cases, and therefore selected.Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:7

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sabbath

In the dictionaries

• Folk
• Judgment
• Lest
• Light
• Palsy
• Pool
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness

Commentaries on John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings